Author:
Elder, Alexis M. author.
ImprintNew York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Descriptionviii, 229 pages ; 24 cm.
Note:Friendship -- Repeatable reasons, irreplaceable friends -- What shared identity means in friendship -- Why bad people can't be good friends -- Robots -- False friends and false coinage: a tool for navigating the ethics of sociable robots -- What's wrong with robot friends for lonely seniors? -- Counterfeit currency versus monopoly money: using appearances to build capacities -- Should you buy yourself a friend? Ethics of consumer markets for robot companions -- Social media -- Humans aren't cows: an Aristotelian defense of technologically-mediated friendship -- Taking control of conversations through technologically-mediated communication -- What words can't say: Emoji and other non-verbal elements of technologically-mediated communication -- The moral import of medium.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Various emerging technologies, from social robotics to social media, appeal to our desire for social interactions, while avoiding some of the risks and costs of face-to-face human interaction. But can they offer us real friendship? Elder outlines a theory of friendship drawing on Aristotle and contemporary work on social ontology.
